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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GEORGE H. BABGOCK, OF PLAINFIELD, NEX/V JERSEY.

HIP-TIISVE'. FOR ROOFlNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 430,367, dated June 17, 1890.

Application filed November 23, 1889. Serial No. 331,316. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. BABCOCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plainfield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hip-Tiles for Roofing, of which the following is a specification, ref erence being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view looking in a direc tion perpendicular to the line of the hip of a roof, showing an assemblage of roof-tiles and hip-tiles thereon. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of Fig. 3 is a diagram referring to the relation of the forni of the tiles to the angles of the roof; Fig. 4 is an enlarged longitudinal section of Figs. 1 and 5 on the line y y looking edgewise to the plane of one slope of the roof; Fig. 5, an end view of a hip-tile and two supplemental tiles as they lie on the roof, drawn on a similar enlarged scale; Fig. 6, an inverted plan View of the hip-tile; Fig. 7, a side view, and Fig. 8 an end View, of the same. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the supplemental tiles; Fig. 10, a side view, and Fig. 11 an end view, thereof.

My invention relates to roofing-tiles of clay or other material, and is applicable to tiles having a diamond shape, or approximately so, being laid in quincunx order.

My said invention consists of a combination hip-tile which by its structure is rendered expansible or contractible to compensate for variationsin the distances of thefinal edges of the roof-tiles proper from the hip.

My improved hip-tile is composed of two side or supplemental tiles and a central tile or cover spanning them. Of these the supplemental tiles are adapted to interlock with and form a uniform border to roof-tiles of varying contour, said border running at an angle to the lay of the roof-tiles substantially parallel with the hip.

The rooling-tiles A A, Fig. 1,1epresent one species of design to which the invention is applicable, the outwardly-curved contours a of the supplemental tiles B, however, being equally adapted to fit roof-tiles having inwardly-curved or otherwise varied contours at their upwardly-flanged portions.

The supplemental tiles B have a downwardly-turned flange z', whereby they. interlock with the upwardly-turned ange j of the roof-tiles A, also a downwardly-turned ange A7c, forming a continuation of the flange 1l, and

an upwardly-turn ed flange Z, whereby they interlock with similar supplemental tiles above and below. The downwardly-turned flange 7a is provided with an internal projection or return fm, which engages with the terminus 'n of the flange Z, so as to prevent the supplemental. tile from falling away from its normal position, it being secured to the roof at the part E by nailing or otherwise. The part E extends downward to form a foot, (see Fig. 4,) whereby one end of the supplemental tile rests on the roof at the necessary height to overlap the other tiles. The other end and side of the supplemental tile, bearing the continuous flange 7c i', fits the surfaces of the tiles B and A, lying in a common plane, the surface whereof is made continuous by abutment of the edges at o, Fig. 1.

p is an upwardly-turned iiange whereby the supplemental tile interlocks with the covertile C and renders the joint weather-proof. The flange p stands at an angle to the plane of the tile B, so as to form a substantially vertical terminal iiange to the roong at each side of the hip when the tiles are laid.

The cover-tiles C, Figs. G, 7, and 8, are of a form corresponding to a half-frustum of a cone, being of greater circumference at their lower than at their upper ends, so as to overlap. An. upward flange cis provided at their smaller end and a downward flange d at their larger end to interlock and form a continuous tight covering over the variable space D between the supplemental tiles. The combined thickness of the flanges l, lo, c, and d, Fig. 4, necessitates a considerable overlap of the tiles C below the'tiles B, as seen in Fig. 1. In order to properly cover and fit the reveal of the supplemental tiles so overlapped, there are projections f provided at each terminus of the larger circumference of the tile C.

An internal fiange g is provided at the upper end of the cover-tile to interlock with the upper ends of the terminal flanges p of the supplemental tiles and hold the cover-tiles longitudinally in position. The edges g of the internal ange g converge, as seen in Fig.

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S, n lines parallel with the surfaces of the tiles B, having contact therewith at h, Fig. 9, allowing a movement of adjustment of the tiles B toward and from the hips.

As seen in Fig. 5, the edges bearing the upturned flanges p of the supplemental tiles clear the cover-tile C and have a considerable range of adjustment therein. Variations in the distancesof the flangesj of the roof-tiles from the center line of the hip are thereby compensated for to a limited extent. Furthermore, variations in the angle or pitch of the roof as related to a given form of tile are also compensated for, such variation causing the diagonal line of flanges to lie unparallel with the line of the hip. For instance, referring to the diagram Fig. 3, 3 t u represent a plan of a roof-tile of the character considered, and o tu the angle of the roof. Then when the length (or a half thereof o) of the tile bears the proportion to the breadth (or a half thereof t u) corresponding to that of the hypotenuse o w (equal to fr in the dia- Y gram) of a right-angled triangle u o w to its base o u, in which the altitude u Iw is proport-ioned to the base o u, as the altitude u w of the roof o lLU to its half-breadth v u, the diagonals of the tile will be parallel to the hips and valleys of the roof. In this case the side tiles B will be all of one pattern for a given proportion of tile; but where a different proportion exists they will require to be made in series of sizes to fit the varying distances of the tiles Afrom the hip. However the adjustability of the visible portion of the side tile B as herein constructed greatly reduces the Variety of sizes required.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In combination with roofing-tiles having upwardly-turned flanges on a part of their contour, a supplemental tile having a downwardlyturned flange, whereby it interlocks the upwardly-turned flange of the roof-tile, and an upwardly-turned flange at one end and a downwardly-turned flange at the other end, whereby it interlocks similar supplemental tiles'above and below, forming a border at an angle to the lay of the roof-tiles, substantially as described. 1

2. In combination with roofing-tiles having upwardly-turned flanges on a part of their contour, a supplemental tile having a downwardly-turned flange, whereby it interlocks the upwardly-turned ange of the roof-tile, an upwardly-turned flange at one end and a downwardly-turned flange at the other, and an upwardly-turned flange on the remaining side, whereby it interlocks with a cover-tile spanning the hip, substantially as specified.

3. In combination with roofing-tiles having upwardly-turned flanges on a part ot their contour, a supplemental tile having a downwardly-turned flange, whereby it interlocks the upwardly-turned flange ot' the roof-tile, an upwardly-turned flange at one end and a downwardly-turn ed flange at the of her, and a foot at one end, whereby it rests upon the roof-boards and may be nailed thereto, substantially as described.

4. In a supplemental tile substantially of the character described, a return of thc downward flange on its lower end, in combination with the upward flange of the file next below and the perforated foot at the up er end, whereby the tile is held securely in p ace, substantially as specified.

5. A cover-tile for the hip of' a roof ot' conical form and with an upward flange on the smaller end and a downward flange at the larger end, whereby it overlaps and interlocks the similar adjacent tiles, forming a continuous and tight covering the whole length of the hip, substantially as shown.

G. In combination with roofing-tiles having upward flanges, a covering-tile for the hip substan tially of the character described, having an internal flange, whereby it interlocks with the upward flanges of the side tiles and is held in place longitudinally, substantially as specified.

GEO. H. BABCOCK.

Vitnesses:

H. F. PARKER, CHAs. HANIMNN. 

